Employment Applications Just Became More Important

By placing a simple statement at the end of an employment application, an employer now can shorten substantially the time period disgruntled employees have to sue. In a recent federal Court of Appeals case, the court ruled that the employer actually had the right to reduce the time in which an employee could sue to only six months. Many states now permit suits up to six years after the event. This astonishing decision permitting employers to limit the rights of employees through its application form is a tremendous benefit to employers attempting to avoid lawsuits and calls for you to revise your application today.

Union employee Thurman sued her employer, Daimler Chrysler, for sexual harassment, among other things, eighteen months after leaving the company. The employment application form she signed contained certain language including:...